Appendix for Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices: Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels

Abstract

This Appendix contains additional discussion on the value of area-SES measures in predicting health outcomes, on other area-SES measures we did not study; on replication for the measures we did study; documentation and details on datasets and empirical specifications, and and additional results for Franchi et al. (2024), Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices: Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels, https://ssrn.com/abstract=4547382.

The datasets and do files to create the area-SES measures studied in this project are available from Professor Black’s website at https://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/bernardblack/; click on “datasets and talks”.

Keywords: Socio-economic status, SES, SES measures, Graham Social Deprivation Index, Area Deprivation Index, Social Vulnerability Index; percent in poverty, Townsend Deprivation Index.